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Ransomware Attacks Continue to Spread Across Europe

08

Mar

2012

Ransomware attacks are growing in popularity these days. French users were a recent target of an attack that impersonated the Gendarmerie nationale. A few months ago, Japanese users were also hit by ransomware in a one-click billing fraud scheme targeted for Android smartphones. Last year we documented two ransomware campaigns that targeted Russian users. One […]

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Linsanity Leads to Targeted Malware Attacks

28

Feb

2012

When there are celebrity stories such as the death of Whitney Houston in the press, we expect to see BlackHat SEO attacks and other cybercriminal campaigns using these themes to distribute malware. However, a recent targeted attack against Tibetan activists caught our attention. The lure in this case was the story of Jeremy Lin, the […]

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“Fan Apps” Now Spreading on the Android Market

21

Feb

2012

We’re seeing more and more scams on the Android Market. Last week, we wrote about a developer that uses popular app names to trick users into downloading fake ones. Before that, we saw a fake Temple Run app making the rounds on the Android Market. This time, we saw 37 more apps that share a […]

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